High dietary vitamin C affects growth, non-specific immune responses and disease resistance in Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 25-33

  Kumari, Jaya ^a   Sahoo, P K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

AA; Aeromonas hydrophila; Asian catfish (Clarias batrachus); Disease resistance; Non specific immune response

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; LYSOZYME; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATFISH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; RESPIRATORY BURST; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASIA; CATFISHES; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; DIET; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MURAMIDASE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; PEROXIDASE; RESPIRATORY BURST; SURVIVAL RATE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALIA; CLARIAS BATRACHUS;

EID: 29244471733     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-005-8011-z     Document Type: Article

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